Month: April 2018

The political world is experiencing upheaval in ways that are going to be measured for years to come. The election campaign of Donald Trump, now President Donald Trump, and the corresponding rise of a more nationalist and conservative movement across the country has given sway to something important. This change has given great energy to members of the right wing of America’s political spectrum and people like the new Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, are being charged with harnessing that energy and directing it forward into the proper channels. Betsy DeVos is likely to be one of the most outstanding additions to Donald Trump’s Presidential Cabinet and her work is going to end up being the most important when we look back on it years down the line. Why has Betsy DeVos become such a lightning rod in the political world? What are her ultimate goals?

Betsy DeVos rose to popularity in the state of Michigan as one of the most devout and vocal school choice proponents in the entire country. The school choice movement is a conservative position regarding the role of government in education and how important it is to give families and religious sects more choice and control of the way that their education works. Essentially, DeVos believes in pulling funding from public schools and focusing on funding children above all — whether they go to secular schools or Christian schools. This position is obviously one that conservatives have rallied around but it has been a tough sell across the more moderate and progressive areas of the United States. Still, DeVos is now the Secretary of Education for the people, not just a specific political party which is what is going to make her work so important and potentially divisive.

As a lifelong reformer and a religiously devout individual, DeVos knows what she is fighting for when she takes the pulpit to speak at a University or to discuss her work as a school choice activist. In the state of Michigan, DeVos’ willingness to openly discuss school choice and how it relates to the progression of education in America made her incredibly popular but it also put her on the map of political opponents. Now, as one of the few Cabinet members without any prior federal experience, Betsy DeVos will have to stand tall across from political rivals who seek to bludgeon her with her inexperience. With that being said, Betsy DeVos has already shown that she is far from one to hide from a discussion and one more likely to impress her opponent than anything.

Betsy DeVos got a crash course in political acumen after being confirmed by the Senate and taking her position as the Secretary of Education. DeVos organized a sitdown with prominent leaders of teacher unions in America and was roundly snubbed by many of them. However, those that did end up showing were quick to realize that DeVos was not a figure to take lightly. These union leaders, of which Randi Weingarten is one of them, found DeVos to be laser focused and intensely ready to take her political fight to the highest levels.

For those those companies who have pertinent questions concerning how to deal with their employee benefits or executive compensation, attorney Jeremy Goldstein is a go-to lawyer to help. Jeremy Goldstein has helped companies like Duke Energy, AT&T, Verizon, Merck, Bank One, and others by utilizing his specialty in niche areas of law.

As a partner at Jeremy L. Goldstein & Associates, LLC., Goldstein’s boutique law practice specializes in advising CEO’s, management teams, and compensation committees in the areas like executive compensation and corporate governance. Prior to being a partner of his own firm, Jeremy Goldstein was a partner at a large law firm (Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz) in New York. He worked at this law firm from 2000 to 2014. Jeremy Goldstein received his license to practice law in 2001.

Mr. Goldstein has also had an impressive record in his handling of corporate mergers and acquisitions. Many of these mergers and acquisitions were noted as being the biggest corporate transactions of the past decade. Some of these big name, corporate mergers include the following: Dow Company/Rohm and Haas Company, Verizon/ALLTELL Corporation, Merck/Shering Plough Corporation, Bank of America Corporation/MBNA Corporation, Chevron Texaco Corporation/Unocal Corporation, Kmart Holding Corporation/Sears,Roebuck and Co., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co/Bank One Corporation, Duke Energy/Progress Energy, Cingular Wireless Corporation/AT&T Corporation, NYSE Group Inc/Euronext, and many others.

In addition to handling important mergers and acquisitions in the corporate sphere, Jeremy Goldstein immerses himself in the media and publishing world. Mr. Goldstein is a frequent speaker and writer on topics like executive compensation and corporate governance. In the Chambers USA Guide To America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Legal 500, Goldstein is listed as a preeminent executive compensation lawyer.

In addition to Goldstein’s role as an attorney and partner at his law firm, Goldstein is the chair of the Mergers & Acquisitions Subcommittee of the Executive Compensation Committee for the ABA’s (American Bar Association) Business Section. Jeremy Goldstein is currently working in a membership role for the Professional Advisory Board for the NYU Journal of Law and Business.

Some of the philanthropic causes that Jeremy Goldstein contributes his time to include Fountain House, where he is a member of the Board of Directors. Fountain House is a charity that is committed to the recovery of women and men with mental illness.